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"The Foolish Dictionary" was written by "Gideon Wurdz" (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne, according to this wiktionary entry,) and was published in 1904. According to the beginning of the book, it is "An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use..."
This a a short but amusing dictionary which "redefines" words in some interesting ways. Funny and sometimes bizarre observations are sprinkled throughout. In keeping with LibriVox policy to read, rather than attempt to rewrite, books - even those with offensive content - nothing has been omitted. While many of the definitions may just seem confusing or "corny" to modern readers, there are a couple that also might be considered "objectionable," particularly in section 10, which contains offensive content of a racial nature.
(Summary by Maddie)
Readers include:
Maddie
Alex Buie
Alex Patterson
donnie
Nikolle Doolin
Christian Levesque
Catharine Eastman
J.C.
Kelly Bescherer
Kristin Hughes
Denny Sayers
M4B format available
This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Gideon Wurdz
Date: 2007-01-05
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; fiction; humor;
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| foolish_dictionary_librivox_128kb.m3u | 128kbps M3U | Stream |
| foolish_dictionary_librivox_64kb.m3u | 64Kbps M3U | Stream |
| foolish_dictionary_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 48.4 MB |
| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 01 - Preface and Letter A |
6.3 MB
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3.1 MB
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3.2 MB
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| 02 - Letter B |
6.0 MB
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3.3 MB
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3.0 MB
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| 03 - Letter C |
4.6 MB
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2.5 MB
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2.3 MB
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| 04 - Letter D |
4.1 MB
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2.2 MB
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2.0 MB
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| 05 - Letter E |
3.5 MB
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2.5 MB
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1.7 MB
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| 06 - Letters F and G |
7.0 MB
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4.9 MB
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3.5 MB
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| 07 - Letter H |
6.1 MB
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2.6 MB
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3.1 MB
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| 08 - Letters I and J |
6.2 MB
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3.4 MB
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3.1 MB
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| 09 - Letters K and L |
7.4 MB
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4.0 MB
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3.7 MB
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| 10 - Letters M and N |
6.4 MB
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3.6 MB
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3.2 MB
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| 11 - Letters O and P |
7.6 MB
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4.4 MB
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3.8 MB
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| 12 - Letters Q and R |
5.1 MB
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2.9 MB
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2.6 MB
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| 13 - Letter S |
4.2 MB
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2.4 MB
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2.1 MB
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| 14 - Letter T |
2.9 MB
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1.7 MB
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1.5 MB
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| 15 - Letters U-Z |
5.6 MB
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3.2 MB
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2.8 MB
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| 16 - Postage and Postal Information |
2.8 MB
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1.6 MB
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1.4 MB
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| 17 - A Few Mythological and Classical Names |
5.6 MB
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3.8 MB
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2.8 MB
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| 18 - Legal and Local Holidays in the United States |
5.3 MB
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3.6 MB
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2.6 MB
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| foolish_dictionary_librivox_meta.xml | Metadata | 2.2 KB |
| foolish_dictionary_librivox_reviews.xml | Metadata | 191.0 B |